Lack of e-faith: hospitals snub identifier system
13th August 2012
By Guest Writer
The news comes as the government found itself under further scrutiny as it works to achieve its goal of 500,000 patient sign-ups in the first year with Fairfax papers reporting that just 5029 Australians were so far on board following the system's launch last month.
Coalition e-health spokesman, Andrew Southcott, was quoted as saying that at that rate, the government would achieve just 60,000 of its half-million sign up target by July 2013.
Chief executive of the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, Prue Power meanwhile said the lynchpin of